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- Andersson, Daniel, 1964, et al.
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Svensk bakgrund
- 2015
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In: Det mångreligiösa Sverige. Ett landskap i förändring. 3. uppl. / Daniel Andersson, Åke Sander (red.). - Lund : Studentlitteratur. - 9789144101767 ; , s. 25-35
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- Cavallin, Clemens, 1969, et al.
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Changing views at Banaras Hindu University on the Academic Study of Religion: A first report from an on-going research project
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In: Argument. - 2083-6635 .- 2084-1043. ; 6:1, s. 107-142
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Given India’s vibrant religious landscape, there is a somewhat surprising paucity of depart‐ ments, centres or even programs for the academic study of religion. This article discusses this issue based on the preliminary results of an interview study conducted at Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi, India, in 2014 and 20 Its focus is on the views of university teachers and researchers concerning the place, role and function of religion and religious stud‐ ies at BHU. Twenty‐eight semi‐structured interviews were conducted. In the course of their analysis, six themes emerged: 1) the place and role of religion in society; 2) religion as ‘religi‐ osity/spirituality’ or sanatana dharma vs. political ideology/communitarianism; 3) religion vs. dharma; 4) secularization; 5) religion in education in general; and, 6) religion in the education at BHU. The informants agreed on the increasing importance of religion in India, and most of them viewed the meaning of secularization as being ‘equal respect for all religions’. Moreover, a majority distinguished between ‘religion’, in the Western sense, and the Indian conception of dharma, considering it regrettable that the latter, described as the common ground of all reli‐ gions, is not taught more extensively at BHU. They also considered the original ideal of BHU’s founder, Madan Mohan Malaviya, to be of signi cant importance. That ideal involved not only teaching students the knowledge and skill sets found in a standard modern university, but also equipping them with a value‐based education, grounded upon sanatana‐dharma. As our project progresses, further understanding of this turn toward dharma education is something we intend to pursue through the lens of multiple modernities, developed by Marian Burchardt et al. as multiple secularities.
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- Cavallin, Clemens, 1969, et al.
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Religious Studies in India. Banaras Hindu University: Religion and Universal Human Values
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In: Journal for the Study of Religions and Ideologies. - 1583-0039. ; 17:50, s. 30-45
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The lack of academic religious studies in India has several causes: the choice of the secular University of London as model for the first universities in India in 1857, the secular constitution, the secularist approach of the first prime minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru, and the explosive relation between major faith traditions. However, with the waning of the Indian secularist framework and the continued power and influence of Hindutva ideology, there is a need to discuss different models for religious studies in India. In this article, the point of departure is Banaras Hindu University (BHU), one of the few universities in India that has religious studies, but also a faculty of Hindu theology. The focus is on the history of BHU and the recommendations of several educational commission from the 1930s to the 60s, with a note on recent attempts at BHU of renewing value education. The aim is to highlight one alternative for developing religious studies in India, whose primary goal is the formation of good citizens enabled by a set of universal human values instantiated in local traditions.
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Det mångreligiösa Sverige. Ett landskap i förändring.
- 2015
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Editorial collection (other academic/artistic)abstract
- I den här boken beskrivs Sveriges nya religiösa landskap och de förändringsprocesser som blivit följden av mötet mellan majoritetssamhälle och minoritetsreligioner. I denna tredje upplaga av boken har alla kapitel reviderats och uppdaterats
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- Sander, Åke, 1949, et al.
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Hinduism meets the global order: the "easternization" of the West
- 2015
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In: The Changing World Religion Map. Sacred Places, Identities, Practices and Politics, / Stanley D. Brunn, editor ; Donna A. Gilbreath, assistant editor. Vol. III. - Dordercht : Springer. - 9789401793766 ; , s. 1743-1766
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- Sander, Åke, 1949
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Norm and Value Changes in a Globalized World
- 2015
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In: Den Trogne Arbetaren i Vingården. Festskrift till Bo Claesson. - Göteborg : LIR skrifter. - 9789188348661 ; , s. 119-144
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